Improvement in sawing-machines



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Letters Patent No. 93,787, dated August 17, 1869; antedatcd August 5,1869.

...v -Mr l .IMPROVEMENT `1N sAWING-MACHINES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame To all lwhom it 'may concern.- Be it known that I, HOLLIS WOODWARD,of the city and county of Milwaukee, and State of Wisconsin,

have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sawing-lVIac-hines and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact,description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to makeand use the saine, reference being had to tliedacconipanying drawingthrilling part of this specification, in whichlignre lis a side vienr ofmy machine;

1l igure 2, a top view; and

Figure 3, an end view of the saw and saw-frame.

Similar letters of reference, in each 'of the figures, indicatecorresponding parts.

The object of my invention is to produce a machine for sawing wood whichshall be easy to Work and convenient and economical in its management.

A is the frame of the machine.

B, the cog-wheel, to which the cranks applied.

C, gear-Wheel, 011 the driving-shaft. .1), y-wheel. f

EE, guides, in which plays the cross-head.

11, oross-head. f G, pitinan, connecting the cross-head to the flywheel.A

H, saw.

I- I, frame which supports the saw, the. ends next to the fly-wheelconnected to' posts, the other end, b etween the posts in the frame A,which is raised and lowered', as occasion may require, the end nextl thelily-wheel being stationary, held by a joint, and the other end beingmovable, rests on the saw, there being a slot in it, to guide the saw,and at the same time to press on the saw, to make it cut faster.

K, lever, with which to raisev and. lower the saw.

L, lever, with which to secure the wood to be sawed.

M, pins in the frame A, for lever L to fall into.

N, standard, connected to lever L, to hold the wood when being sawed. f

0,rope, with which to raise the saw.V

P, crank, with which to operate the machine.

Q, crank-shaft;

It, saw-guide. l f S, weight on the end of thesaw-frame, which can becarried out to the end of the frame, or drawn hack toward theYcross-head, so as. to give greater or less weight on the sau` Operation.

` Pnt-a stick of wood in between N and the ,fixed standards, then drawup with lever L till it is held fast,

then drop lever'L in betweentwo of the pins M, and it will be heldsecurely. Then take hold of lever K, and drop'the saw on to the wood,and tui-n the crank 1, and the wood will be sawed.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

A sawing-machine, consisting of the wheel D, slidegrooves E, cross-headF, saw H, saw-fraine`1, hung by its inner end, and provided with themovable weight S, constructed and arranged to operate as described.

Witnesses: HOLLIS WOODWARD.

J. B. SMITH, PHILIP STEIN.

